With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup, we focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of expertise occurring in health and science on today's Conspirituality. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/316...

316: The War on Science — Conspirituality

With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup in recent weeks, we’re going to focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of expertise occurring in heal...

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Microbes meet global heat. (And an unqualified CDC chief) Warm weather accelerates the life cycle of the Cyclospora parasite. Meanwhile regulatory rollbacks, data gaps, and biological tracking hurdles that have severely hindered the agency’s ability to track and stop the current multi-state surge.

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 4w ago

Jay Bhattacharya is failing us, again.

Behold the Anti-Epidemiologist.

Pandemic 𓅃. Index@panaccindex.bsky.social · last mo.

This should be considered the equivalent of a Jewish studies professor marching in a Nazi rally, but @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social insists this is a-okay behavior from their faculty

A new OMB rule would allow the executive branch to cut scientific research funds on behalf of corporate interests and against marginalized people. Please submit public comments before the deadline on Monday July 13. This link gives excellent instructions: www.faseb.org/science-poli...

So Edward Scissorhands was doing the backstroke under cover of algae...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump has repeatedly claimed vandals cut a 350 foot gash. That claim is echoed in a legal filing by your department. What evidence do you have? BURGUM: Ah, well we have the actual cuts that were made S: There's a 350 foot gash? B: Well it's multiple gashes that add up to 350 feet

Air quality is hazardous in Washington DC and environs. Please make use of N95 masks and air purifiers.

Live feed: Donnie praises WW2 hero for fighting fascism. Oh, and apparently we're a communist country... www.youtube.com/live/C9EtgxG...

🔴 LIVE NOW: Historic Fourth of July Fireworks in Washington DC | America's 250th Celebration ⭐

YouTube video by ABC 7 News - WJLA

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Happy Fourth! (Keep J.D. far from him) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pope praises US history of welcoming migrants in implicit rebuke to Trump

Pope Leo urges Americans to live up to ideals of Declaration of Independence in first key address to US

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A song for all nations. "This is my song, O God of all the nations, A song of peace for lands afar and mine... But other hearts in other lands are beating, With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine." youtu.be/0CuvFMwrEN0?...

Concinnity | "This is my song" (Finlandia by Jean Sibelius)

YouTube video by Consonare Choral Community

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TOO MANY DAMN BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR Donnie's show will generate between 600 and 1,200 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter around the Mall. A worst-case scenario would exceed 2,000. That's very hazardous. Stay inside with air purifier. Use N95 masks outdoors. www.foxnews.com/media/washin...

Washington Post throws cold water on DC fireworks with report of ‘hazardous air pollution’

Internal National Park Service documents project hazardous PM2.5 levels from 850,000 fireworks shells launched across 10 sites on the National Mall.

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No lies detected.

Wrighty@wrightsnake.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Nice thing to see on my way home.

But, but, but...China.

Chris Meder@evcurvefuturist.com · last mo.

China's PM2.5 pollution fell by roughly 60% since 2013, one of the largest & fastest air-quality improvements ever recorded by a major industrial economy. What's remarkable is that it happened while China continued growing, industrialising & expanding electricity generation. #Bettrification #SWB

250 Years of Fossil Fuels: Sweltering summer nights in nearly every major U.S. city. These warm nights increase health risks during peak summer heat — especially when humidity is high. It's past time for an energy revolution. www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

Climate chaos and/or God

Breaking! Pool scum planted as food source for cabinet creatures.

The ignorant climate comeback: "But what about China?" The International Energy Agency forecasts US-based spending on power plants fuelled by coal and gas will reach $50bn this year, or some $3bn more than China. What about the U.S.? www.ft.com/content/acb5...

US fossil fuel power spending to beat China for the first time in decades

Boom in gas turbines to meet demand from data centres, IEA figures show

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BIG OIL MAKING A WAR KILLING Exxon Mobil and Chevron are reaping the rewards of much higher energy prices. Koch Industries sells fertilizer so are making additional billions. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Why U.S. Oil Companies Are Not Plugging the World’s Energy Gap

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UNMASKING MAHA, M.D. Approximately 2000 American children have died of covid-19 and about 20% of those who are sickened suffer long covid. But she doesn't like vaccines and masks. Please stay the f*ck away from cancer patients.

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our surgeon general nominee felt unvaccinated kids should get COVID because old people have more risk.

As a pre-med student, I worked the graveyard shift in a donut shop. Sometimes guys dropped in to harass or threaten customers and me. I'd call out "86, please" and our burly baker sent them out with a stare. No shots fired. Every waitress knows.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

HOSTIN: What do you think '86' means? ALINA HABBA: To kill the president *audience laughs* HOSTIN: The dictionary disagrees with you on that

Surgeon General nominee, Dr. Nicole Saphier is a vaccine skeptic and nutraceurical saleswoman. No. www.notus.org/healthcare/t...

Timely words from a timeless worker. HAPPY MAY DAY

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The Marconi Murders - the 1980's Version of the "Missing Scientists" | Mike Rothschild

The Marconi Murders - the 1980's Version of the "Missing Scientists" by Mike Rothschild on Patreon. Join Mike Rothschild's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Oh, hell. The new Surgeon General nominee is a Trumpophant. (I'm deeply embarrassed that she's at my old workplace - Memorial Sloan-Kettering).

Helen Bailey@blackbirdsing.bsky.social · 3mo ago

She’s a dangerous vaccine skeptic. Encouraging parents to delay shots or go for single shots etc so wrong. The wellness grift selling her snake oil “herbal tinctures” - no no and no She praised Trump in 2020 re his COVID pandemic management! Red flags Nauseating 👇🏼 www.youtube.com/shorts/PSxAu...

POISONING THE POOR In 2021, the EPA implemented mitigation measures, prohibiting most aerial spraying. Trump's EPA denied a link between paraquat and Parkinson's Disease. But evidence suggests otherwise. Low income people are the most exposed. (Link in comments) www.alternet.org/trump-epa-ma...

Trump officials flood red state with deadly 'suicide' neurotoxin

Paraquat is an herbicide banned in more than 70 countries, including China, Brazil, and throughout the European Union. President Donald Trump’s own Environmental Protection Agency warns that “one sip ...

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The sands of time have run out.

THE LIES OF TEXAS Texas gerrymandered electoral maps for the 2026 midterms. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Just Greenlit a Gerrymander That Even a Trump Judge Thought Was Too Racist

The Supreme Court weighed in via its shadow docket.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Ted Cruz of Texas complains shamelessly on Fox News about other states gerrymandering

Sea shells are a teensy bit tame.

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE DOCTORS Trump's DOJ, the FBI, Republican lawmakers, and The Heritage Foundation charge a 78 year-old pediatrician/epidemiologist. www.cbsnews.com/news/niaid-d...

Ex-adviser at Fauci's NIAID indicted for allegedly attempting to hide records during COVID-19 pandemic

Dr. David Morens worked as a senior adviser to NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022.

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A MICROBE SAMPLER FROM RAW MILK (partial list) E. coli, Campylobacter Salmonella E. coli Listeria monocytogenes Yersinia enterocolitica, Staphylococcus aureus Brucella Mycobacterium bovis. Also Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/h...

Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists’ warnings | CNN

Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens US childr...

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TRUMP'S GERM WARFARE 1.3 million Zambian people rely on the funds for HIV meds. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Trump makes Zambia demand by tomorrow - or he'll cut country’s medication access

The southern African country must decide by Thursday, April 30 if it will provide US businesses with preferential access to its minerals or lose US funding which helps over one million people

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